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It's funny that Tenten has the least amount of screen-time among the female characters given that Kishi said he liked her and wanted to show her more often. I guess using the Bashōsen is all she will get to do in this war.

It's more then what Shino got. In the entire series all he got was to beat Zaku in the Chunin Exams and to battle Tobi for a while with the rest of the Eight Man Squad.

I hate Sakura, frankly she is a terrible character that has no redeeming qualities in my eyes as the manga is/plans to wrapping up. I don't think Kishi will manage to change my mind about it either in the near future.

Yay, early chapter. Sort of. More mourning for Neji, but it was actually really sad this time since Lee was thinking about him, and he and Neji were rivals. It seems the Alliance is getting the upper hand; Obito was forced to use his jutsu again and even Madara was cut, although he's obviously still fine. And we finally see Sasuke and the others arrive at their destination. It looks like it's the shrine after all.

So we get an explanation of how Naruto did what he did, though it still seems like a random power-up, and he empowers the entire Alliance. Done with people bringing up Neji, though the symbolize was nice. And their execution of Shikaku's plan was nice, but unfortunately no follow-up like sealing Madara when they had the chance. Guess this means a wild Juubi next.

And Team Taka arrives at their destination, so next chapter will probably focus upon Sasuke.

A soul that cannot be saved drifts and disappears,
In the instant it vanishes, it shines faintly,
Now, it creates a night with a full moon.

The latest chapter was pretty alright. I'm glad they had the Lee and Neji stuff in there. Lee lost his friend and rival but the war arc must goes on. This is the kind of thing a war arc needs. Emotion and the pain of lost friends. Of course we don't see Tenten reaction's to Neji. They are saving it for when she saves the world all on her own, lol. We've had people shining in chapters so for this one I would say Lee and I guess Hinata. I was about to say it was cheap how Hinata fixed Naruto's shoulder so easily, but then I remembered way back in part 1 it was either Kakashi or Lee who explained that the Hyuuga's jabbing finger thingie can work both ways by stopping Chakra or making it flow to their liking. So as far as I can tell, Hinata is the first Hyuuga in the manga to do it that way, correct me if I'm wrong. I also enjoyed Kyuubi teasing Minato and Kushina on how Naruto surpassed them, despite the fact that they would want it that way.

I find it funny that when the scene shifted to Sasuke's group, Jugo is in the back. Oh Jugo, so unloved. I kinda liked seeing Orochimaru in the cloak. He should quote sith lord stuff while he's in it. "Sasuke your hate has made you powerful." Overall a decent chapter. Not the best. I really enjoyed Lee's memories of Neji. Never let it die.

who fixed Naruto's shoulder? was it Sakura or Hinata? kinda looked like Hinata to me

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It was Hinata. Note the "Gentle Fist" words as a hand touches Naruto's shoulder plus we see Hinata both in the proper position and with a hand extended to Naruto's shoulder in the following group shot.

I'm more intersted in what Sasuke is trying to achieve and why he would summon Orochimaru. Clearly he needs him otherwise why summon him? my guess is that it may have something to do with Obito and Madara. it may even be about something we overlooked that proves to be a huge thing

I'm more intersted in what Sasuke is trying to achieve and why he would summon Orochimaru. Clearly he needs him otherwise why summon him? my guess is that it may have something to do with Obito and Madara. it may even be about something we overlooked that proves to be a huge thing

Didn't he want to ask him about the scroll that Suigetsu and Jugo found a while back? Only Orochimaru would know all the details about that.

- Dance of the Ninja 2. Very Kubo.
- I'm glad that this is being explained, though it's not far from being a ridiculous power-up.
- Tenten front bow b!thces.
- Obito gets the one-liners in this chapter.
- Is that a bird?
- Getting owned.
- Madara should whip out some eyehax or God meteors now.
- Obviously the old Uchiha District.

Good chapter. Interesting to see the Allied Shinobi Forces advance on Madara and Obito. I wonder where Taka is heading as well. Isn't the tablet there? Maybe Orochimaru is getting Sasuke the rinnegan. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Hashirama is found chilling out soon.

I just hope (but really don't hope) we see some of the Kages soon. I'm starting to erode (Gaara is my favorite character and you could say, I've had a crush on him for longer than even I would like to admit. Oops.). It's making everything else in the manga irrelevant to me.